Behrens v. Pelletier

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Behrens v. Pelletier
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 7, 1995 Decided February 21, 1996
Full case name: Behrens v. Pelletier Citations: 516 U.S. 299
Holding
A defendant's immediate appeal of an unfavorable qualified-immunity ruling on a motion to dismiss does not deprive the court of appeals of jurisdiction over a second appeal, also based on qualified immunity, immediately following denial of summary judgment.
Court membership
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority by: Scalia Joined by: Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas and Ginsburg Dissent by: Breyer Joined by: Stevens

Behrens v. Pelletier, 516 U.S. 299 (1996) was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court held a defendant's immediate appeal of an unfavorable qualified immunity ruling on a motion to dismiss does not deprive the court of appeals of jurisdiction over a second appeal, also based on qualified immunity, immediately following denial of summary judgment.

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 516